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Mauritanian national football team appoints a new coach

The Mauritanian Football Association (FFRIM) on Thursday introduced Alain Moizan, a Franco-Senegalese, as the new coach of the senior national football team, the Mourabitounes....
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Mauritania: Court upholds imprisonment of journalist

A Nouakchott Court of Appeal has upheld the one-year jail sentence, for defamation, of the editorial director of the periodical "Al Aqsa", Abdel Vettah...
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Suspects of Israeli embassy attack in Mauritania nabbed

The Mauritanian military police in the Ajwer district (200 kilometres east of Nouakchott), Friday arrested four persons in conne c tion with the attack...
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Mauritania condemns attack on Israeli embassy

The Mauritanian government on Friday condemned Thursday night's attack on the Israeli embassy in Nouakchott in which three people who were at a restaurant...
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Mauritanian police arrests 3 alleged terrorists

At least three people, close to the Salafist mov ement in Mauritania, were arrested this weekend by the police, Mauritanian newsp a per, Al-Akhbar,...
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French tour operators keep Mauritanian schedule despite threats

French tour operators have decided to maintain their travel schedule for Mauritania, despite warnings from the French government, the state-run daily "Horizon" reported here,...
Mauritania sad at Dakar Rally cancellation

Mauritania sad at Dakar Rally cancellation

The cancellation of this year's Lisbon-Dakar rally over security fears in Mauritania has continued to elicit reactions from the African nation, which was billed...
MAURITANIA-SENEGAL: Is Mauritania ready for its refugees?

MAURITANIA-SENEGAL: Is Mauritania ready for its refugees?

Mauritania, Senegal and the UN Refugee Agency recently signed an agreement that could turn the page on an ugly history in Mauritania, where 75,000...
New hope for long-suffering Mauritanian refugees

New hope for long-suffering Mauritanian refugees

This village seems typical of villages in northern Senegal - with thatched huts, women cooking on outdoor fires, children playing and men sitting under...